Historical Examples. 1  Behind Monet and Debussy the umbrella persisted, with the steady beat of a drum. 2  Debussy's extraordinary music136 may be explained in the same way. 3  Strauss and Debussy are also very different in their methods of composition. 4  Strauss and Debussy are the legitimate fruits of thy evil tree of music!
Banned Books Week was founded in 1982 by prominent First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug. Krug said that the Association of American Publishers contacted her with ideas to bring banned books to the attention of the American public after a slew of books had been banned that year.
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. During the 19th century, alcoholism, family violence, and saloon-based political corruption prompted activists, led by pietistic Protestants, to end the alcoholic beverage trade to cure the ill society and weaken the political opposition. One result was that many communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries introduced alc